I am Chinese, and there is a traditional legend that the most special animals on the earth were invited to a party with "The ruler of the heavens" and then the ruler tells them to run in a race and the order of the animals is according to the place in the race that they were in. You might not understand, because it a Chinese legend. That us the best way I can put it.
The following animals are used to celebrate the Chinese New Year:
2014, is the year of the horse and 2015 will be the year of the sheep.
the frog is not used to represent a year in the Chinese cycle of years. Most animals are not used.
of course not only chines people celebrate it
The following animals are used to represent the Chinese New Year. All other animals are not.RatOxTigerRabbitDragonSnakeHorseSheepMonkeyRoosterDogPig
Although many think Pinatas are from Mexico really they are from China, and used to celebrate Chinese New Year. They were first used in the 1400s.
In China, any of the twelve animals, representing the twelve Earthly Branches, used to symbolize the year in which a person is born. With 12 earthly branches and 12 animals (the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig), Chinese show a person's year of birth. And this is the year of Tiger.
In China, any of the twelve animals, representing the twelve Earthly Branches, used to symbolize the year in which a person is born. With 12 earthly branches and 12 animals (the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey,rooster , dog, and pig), Chinese show a person's year of birth. The yaer of 2005 is Rooster.
This dance is used in festivities, for example Weddings or the Chinese New Year.
They used it to build rockets similar to the rockets we use on new year's eve nowadays. They produced explosives that made a loud "bang!", too. Both were used to celebrate the so called dragon festivals.
In China, any of the twelve animals, representing the twelve Earthly Branches, used to symbolize the year in which a person is born. With 12 earthly branches and 12 animals (the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig), Chinese show a person's year of birth. And this is the year of Sheep
The Frog
We used New Year's Eve to celebrate the year 2000
They are used in the Chinese New Year. Olga Uffenhogan